Plant fender



J. R. F ELL PLANT FENDER May 11, 1943.

Filed Aug. 21, 1940 INVIENTOR all all

ATOR EY Patented May 11, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PLANT FENDERJames Richard Fell, Haleyville, Ala., assignor of fifty per cent to H.C. Hayes, Haleyville, Ala.

Application August 21, 1940, Serial No. 353,526

4 Claims. (Cl. 97188) This invention relates to certain improvements infenders and has relation more particularly to a device of this generalcharacter especially designed and adapted for use in connection with aspring tooth cultivator, single foot plows or other kindred earthworking members, and it is the principal object of the invention toprovide a novel and improved device of this character which may bereadily and conveniently supported in working position, and which may bereadily adjusted in a manner to best meet the requirements of practice.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides inthe novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatchanges in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed maybe made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from thespirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, where- Figure 1 shows in side elevation the fenderand support mounted on a spring tooth cultivator.

' Figure 2 shows a plan view of the fender and support mounted on anadjustable bracket connected to stock of a single foot plow.

Figure 3 shows a front elevational view of the fender and supportmounting as viewed on line 33, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing the improved fender comprises a flat plate iiiof desired dimension, and which, when in applied position, has its fiatfaces substantially vertically disposed. The plate I is substantiallyrectangular in form and has its lower forward edge disposed on anincline, as indicated at H. Provided in the fender H] are elongatedslots l2, l3 and M for a purpose to be hereinafter described; the slotl2 being horizontal and positioned adjacent the upper forward corner ofthe plate, the slot i l being also horizontal and positioned adjacentthe upper rearward corner of the plate, while the slot 13 is verticaland is positioned between the horizontal slots I2 and I4 and in closeproximity to the forward slot i2.

Associated with the fender It is a primary supporting arm l5 and asecondary supporting arm l6 disposed one on each side of said fender.The arms and it are preferably formed of bar stock, rectangular incross-section and may be of identical dimensions except for length, theprimary supporting arm I5 being of greater length than the secondarysupporting arm It. At its inner end, the primary supporting arm 15 isprovided with a guide pin ii in the form of a rivet adapted to projectthrough the intermediate slot l3, the end of the pin being riveted overa washer is in the manner well known whereby to retain said inner end ofthe primary supporting arm in permanent connected relation to saidfender. In a like manner, a similar guide pin I9 is provided on anintermediate portion of the primary support arm I5 and adapted toproject through the forward slot l2, there being mounted on said pin theinner end of the secondary support arm IS, the end of said pin beingriveted over a washer 20 in the manner well known whereby to retain theintermediate portion of the primary supporting arm 15 and the inner endof the secondary supporting arm iii in permanent connected relation tosaid fender. The connection of both supporting arms i5 and It to thefender III is such that the pins H and it are slidable in theirrespective slots to permit relative adjustment between said fender andsaid supporting arms, as well as to permit downward or upward movementof the fender in relative to said supporting arms when passing overrocks or other obstacles.

The primary and secondary supporting arms i5 and it are connected attheir forward ends to a support bracket 23 which preferably is l'ormed'of heavy bar stock rectangular in crosssection. The support bracket 23is normally held in a vertical position and is provided with a pair ofsuperposed vertically spaced slots 2d and 25. A bolt 2i; extendingthrough the slot 24 connects the forward end of the primary support armit to the lower end of the support bracket 23. The forward end of thesecondary support arm 16 is provided with a longitudinal slot 2?, and abolt 28 extending through the slots 27 and 25 connects said forward endto the upper portion of the support bracket 23. The support arms i5 andi6 engage opposite sides of the support bracket in the same manner asthey engage opposite sides of the fender It so that in effect both thesupport bracket 23 and fender Hi lie in substantially the same verticalplane, the bolts 26 and 28 serving to rigidly clamp the support arms tosaid support bracket in adjusted position thereon.

And its upper end the support bracket 23 is formed to provide ahorizontal lateral closed loop 30 having an upper side 3| and a lowerside 32. The lower side 32 is provided with an opening 33 of a sizelarge enough to permit the insertion therethrough of the countersunkhead of a bolt 34 which projects through an opening 35 provided in theupper side 31 in axial registry with the opening 33, see Figs. 1 and 3.The formation of the loop 39 is such as to permit the insertiontherethrough of a spring tooth cultivator 3t provided with boltreceiving openings 3! countersunk at their lower ends to receive thecountersunk bolt 34 whereby the support bracket 23 may be rigidlyconnected to said spring tooth cultivator 36, as clearly shown inFig. 1. By turning the support bracket 180, or in other words reversingits connection to the support arms 55 and IS the mounting of the fenderIS on the spring tooth cultivator 33 will be on the other side thereoffrom that shown in Fig. 1. As is apparent from the above description theender 55 may be adjusted relative to the spring tooth cultivator bothhorizontally and vertically with respect thereto.

If desired the fender m and its support bracket 23 may be mounted on thestock of a single foot plow through the medium of a connecting bracketll], see Figs, 2 and 3. The connecting bracket 40 is formed of bar stockrectangular in crosssection and is of right angle formation comprising ahorizontal leg 4! and a vertical leg 42. Provided in the horizontal leg4| is a longitudinal row of bolt receiving openings 43, and in thevertical leg 42 there is provided two vertically spaced bolt receivingopenings 44 and 45 adopted respectively to receive the support bracketclamp bolts 26 and 28. Preferably there is provided on the bolt 28 aspacer sleeve 56 between the support bracket 23 and vertical leg 452,see Fig. 3. The horizontal leg 4| is adopted to engage the upper side ofthe single foot plow stock 41 and is rigidly clamped thereto through themedium of the clamp bar 48 and spaced clamp bolts 49 and 50, whichlatter project through the bolt openings 43. The longitudinal row ofbolt openings 43 provides for lateral adjustment of the connectingbracket 40 whereby to bring the fender ll] close to plow foot or fartheraway according to size of plow being used.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, whatis claimed is:

1. A combined fender and support for use with a ground working implementcomprising a vertical support bracket, an elongated fiat fender plate, aprimary support arm, a secondary support arm, means adjustablyconnecting the forward ends of said support arms in vertical spacedrelation to said support bracket and means movably connecting the rearends of said support arms to said fender at longitudinally spaced pointsthereon, said adjustable connecting means providing for the raising orlowering of said fender relative to the support bracket and said movableconnecting means permitting free up or down movement of the fender onsaid support arms as said fender meets with a ground obstruction, saidsupport arms being so constructed and arranged as to constitute the solesupporting means for said fender.

2. A combined fender and support for use with a ground working implementcomprising a vertical support bracket, an elongated flat fender plate, aprimary support arm, a secondary support arm, means adjustablyconnecting the forward ends of said support arms in vertical spacedrelation to said support bracket and means movably connecting the rearends of said support arms to said tender at longitudinally spaced pointsthereon, said adjustable connecting means providing for the raising orlowering of said fender relative to the support bracket and said movableconnecting means permitting free up or down movement of the fender onthe support arms as said fender meets with a ground obstruction, saidsupport bracket being provided at its upper end with a lateral loopadapted to receive therein a spring cultivator tooth and bolt meanscarried by said loop for rigidly connecting the same to said springcultivator tooth, a connecting bracket, means mounting said connectingbracket on a part of said ground working implement, said adjustableconnectin means including a clamping bolt for each support arm, and saidclamping bolts connecting said support bracket to said connectingbracket.

3. A combined fender and support for use with a ground working implementcomprising a vertical support bracket, an elongated fiat fender plate, aprimary support arm, a secondary support arm, means including clampingbolts adjustably connecting the forward ends of said support arms invertical spaced relation to said support bracket and means movablyconnecting the rear ends of said support arms to said fender atlongitudinally spaced points thereon, said adjustable connecting meansproviding for the raising or lowering of said fender relative to thesupport bracket and said movable connecting means permitting free up ordown movement of the fender on said support arms as said fender meetswith a ground obstruction, a right angle connecting bracket comprising ahorizontal leg and a vertical leg, said support bracket being connectedto said vertical leg by said clamping bolts, and adjustable clamp meansfor connecting said horizontal leg to a stock of a single foot plow.

4. A combined fender and support for use with a ground Working implementcomprising a vertical support bracket, an elongated fiat fender plate, aprimary support arm, a secondary support arm, means adjustablyconnecting the forward ends of said support arms in vertical spacedrelation to said support bracket and means movably connecting saidfender to said support arms, said adjustable connecting means comprisingupper and lower vertically spaced slots in said support bracket, boltmeans carried by the forward end of the primary support arm andextending through thelower vertical slot, bolt means carried by theforward end of the secondary support arm seated in a longitudinal slotformed therein and extending through the upper vertical slot, saidmovable means comprising a horizontal slot provided in the forward endof said fender, a vertical slot provided in an intermediate portion ofsaid fender, guide pin means slidable in said fender horizontal slotconnecting. together an intermediate portion of said primary support armand the rear end of the secondary support arm, and guide pin meansslidable in said fender vertical slot and connected to the rear end ofsaid primary support arm, said support bracket and said fender beinglocated between said support arms.

JAMES RICHARD FEIL.

